Question here. I know that trek will play in imax for two weeks only, but exactly how long is this two weeks? I’m looking to see it again on saturday may 23rd, which is two weeks after its open, + 1 day. will it still be in imax then? is it two weeks plus the weekend? i hope so! hive mind, engage.
What? Seeing it just once in an IMAX theater isn’t enough? 
You could call the IMAX theater you’re planning on going to, Craprica. Just sayin’.
Does it even matter? I was going to see the IMAX version, but opted for the regular instead. If the movie isn’t actually shot in IMAX, it doesn’t make a difference. The angry guy in this article says pretty much the same thing, and I know he’s right – I remember going to see Revenge of the Sith in IMAX, and they just showed the regular movie on the bigger screen, with big black rectangles on the top and bottom, like letterbox.
[/raining on your parade]
But really… I’m sure it’ll be a blast either way
The bigger the screen, the better. The one out here is all digital, picture and sound now, no film, and the best sound I’ve ever heard in a theater, 18,000 watts. But it is pricey, and like you say, not filmed in IMAX, besides IMAX is always packed… take your pick.
I hear ya… and I prolly should see it in IMAX, anyway. I am a Trekker, after all… how would it look to my geek friends if I admitted I saw Episode 3 in IMAX, but not the Trek reboot?
They’d find the nearest airlock, is what.
I saw it in an IMAX theater, and it was worth the extra couple of bucks just for the improved sound system, bigger screen, better projection system and comfy reclining seats.
I can’t answer your question, but being an IMAX projectionist I can offer my opinion of the quality (my theater is at the Science Center, so we don’t typically show first-run features, which I why I don’t know what the exact two-week run is). I saw Star Trek 2.0 in IMAX on Thursday night, then in Digital Projection on Saturday, and I was much more highly pleased by the Digital experience than the IMAX.
Like the others said, if it’s not shot in IMAX, it’s not going to be quite as pretty as it could be. It’s the same deal you get when watching your DVDs on your new HD TV. They’re made to look good on an SD screen, and when you blow them up to fit in the HD, they look slightly smudged. The process to transfer a 35mm image to the 70mm IMAX format is more sophisticated than the zoom button on your TV’s remote, but the problem is still there.
Also, I had my own issues at the particular IMAX I went to. An IMAX projector has a clicker that moves a wiper to clean dust off the image, and at this IMAX, someone was apparently asleep. The screen filled up with flecks, specks, blotches, and debris within the first few seconds, and it was a mess the rest of the show. I should have complained to someone, because really, all it takes is a few clicks at the beginning of the film to clear it out, and then you just have to pay attention and click once or twice every few minutes after. And since it was the Thursday night show, I’m certain the projectionist had not seen the movie enough times to be sick of watching it already. I hate nearly every film I’m watching at work right now, but I do NOT let more than a small spot appear on my screen for more than a few seconds. Add this to the fact that, as I discovered only that evening, this particular IMAX screen was the smallest regulation size it could be and still be called IMAX. Kinda underwhelming.
The Digital Projection presentation, on the other hand, was bright, clear, smooth, and pretty. I loved it. The snow-planet scenes were clean and white without looking like the red monster had sh*t all over them, and there weren’t odd flecks obscuring people’s eyes and mouths.
So that’s my .02 recommendation. Take it for what you will.
Based on Movie Watcher.com they will be showing Night at the Museum on the Imax screen on the 23rd, so it looks like Star Trek ends it’s Imax run on Wednesday, May 20th.
Looks like you will need to see it on the regular screen.
Just curious, is there still a projectionist union?
Not in my corner of the 'verse. I’ve heard that other IMAX projectionists make, quite literally, twice as much as we do here at the St. Louis Science Center. Something about us being an educational facility.
thank you folks. i guess digital projection will just have to do… sigh…